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TRANS RIGHTS EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA INDEX 2019 LEGAL GENDER RECOGNITION ASYLUM BIAS-MOTIVATED SPEECH/ VIOLENCE NON-DISCRIMINATION HEALTH FAMILY RIGHTS COUNTRY 1/2 point Existing legal mesure EU Member State COUNTRY Existence of procedures Name change Change of gender <strong>on</strong> official documents to match gender identity Self-determinati<strong>on</strong> No 'Gender Identity Disorder' diagnosis required No compulsory medical interventi<strong>on</strong> required No compulsory surgical interventi<strong>on</strong> required No compulsory sterilisati<strong>on</strong> required No compulsory divorce required No age restricti<strong>on</strong>s (available for minors) Gender n<strong>on</strong>-binary recogniti<strong>on</strong> Law Policy/other positive measures Hate crime law Hate speech law Policy tackling hatred Employment Health Educati<strong>on</strong> Goods & services C<strong>on</strong>versi<strong>on</strong> Therapy Other spheres of life Equality body m<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ate Equality acti<strong>on</strong> plan Law (gender expressi<strong>on</strong>) Healthcare Depathologisati<strong>on</strong> C<strong>on</strong>versi<strong>on</strong> therapy prohibited Parenthood Recogniti<strong>on</strong> Albania • • • • • • Albania Andorra • • • • • Andorra Armenia Armenia Austria • • • • • • • • • • • Austria • • Azerbaijan • • Azerbaijan Belarus • • • • • • • Belarus Belgium • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina • • • • • • • • • • • • Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria • • • • • • • • Bulgaria Croatia • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Croatia Cyprus Cyprus Czech Republic • • • • Czech Republic Denmark • • • • • 1/2 • • • • Denmark Est<strong>on</strong>ia • • • Est<strong>on</strong>ia Finl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> • • • • Finl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> France • • • • • • • France Georgia • Georgia Germany • • 2 • Germany Greece • • Greece Hungary • • • • • • Hungary Icel<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> • • Icel<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Irel<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> • • • • Irel<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Italy • Italy Kosovo • • • • • • • • • Kosovo Latvia • • Latvia Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Lithuania Lithuania Luxembourg • • Luxembourg Malta • • • • • • • Malta Moldova Moldova M<strong>on</strong>aco M<strong>on</strong>aco M<strong>on</strong>tenegro • • • • • • • • • • • • • M<strong>on</strong>tenegro Netherl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>s • • • • • • • • • • Netherl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>s North Maced<strong>on</strong>ia • • North Maced<strong>on</strong>ia Norway • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Norway Pol<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> • • • • Pol<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Portugal • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Portugal Romania • • • Romania Russia • • • • • Russia San Marino San Marino Serbia • • Serbia Slovakia • Slovakia Slovenia • • • Slovenia Spain 7 • • • 7 4 11 Spain Sweden • • • • • • • • • Sweden Switzerl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> • • Switzerl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Turkey Turkey Ukraine • • • • Ukraine United Kingdom • • • 9 • 9 10 9 • • • • • • United Kingdom CENTRAL ASIA CENTRAL ASIA • • • 12 13 Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (1) 1 of 3: Republika Srpska (2) 10 of 16: Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Thuringia, Bremen, Sarre Regi<strong>on</strong>, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schleswig-Holstein, Sax<strong>on</strong>ia, Northrhine-Westphalia, Lower Sax<strong>on</strong>y (3) 5 of 16: Berlin, Thuringia, Bremen, Sarre Regi<strong>on</strong>, Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>enburg (4) 8 of 17: Extramadura, Andalusia, Canaries, Navarre, Basque Country, Galicia, Catal<strong>on</strong>ia, Madrid (5) 10 of 17: Extramadura, Galicia, Canary Isl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>s, Navarre, Basque Country, Madrid, Baleares, Murcia , Valencia, Andalucia (6) 3 of 17: Barcel<strong>on</strong>a, Marbella, Euskadi (7) 11 of 17: Catal<strong>on</strong>ia, Extremadura, Andalucia, Canary Isl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>s, Navarra, Madrid, Baleares, Murcia, Valencia, Basque Country, Galicia, Aragón, Islas Baleares (8) 2 of 17: Andalusia, Madrid (9) 3 of 4: Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, Wales, Scotl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> (10) 1 of 4: Scotl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> (11) 2 of 17: Madrid, Valencia (12) Pursuant to Order No. 132 of the Minister of Internal Affaris of the Republic of Kazakhstan (“Requirements for compliance with the state of health of pers<strong>on</strong>s for service in the internal affairs bodies” dated March 31, 2010) transgender people cannot enter the service in the internal affairs bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> may lose their positi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> place of work. (13) Pursuant to the “List of diseases, in the presence of which a pers<strong>on</strong> cannot adopt a child, take him under guardianship or patr<strong>on</strong>age” , “Disorders of gender identity” refer to diseases that do not allow adopting a child, guardianship or patr<strong>on</strong>age This circumstance will not allow, for example, a transgender parent raising a child to seek legal registrati<strong>on</strong> of a change of gender, since the price of his, her or their gender recogniti<strong>on</strong> may be separati<strong>on</strong> from the child. • • • • • • • • • • • • 2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 7 • • • • • • • Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Trans Rights Europe & Central Asia Index 2019 (TGEU 2019 May 17). 1 27